Retirement Strategy: Save Money Do It Yourself (Part 16)

By Regarded Solutions:With so much news that has come out our "Team Alpha" portfolio update is a bit late this month but still is showing good results vs the recent declines in the overall markets.

By Regarded Solutions:What better way to celebrate the birth of my first grandchild (Luke Conner) than to go on the shopping spree that we have been anticipating for awhile.We have had some false starts with our bull market correction but I think it is safe to say we are right in the thick of things now. Prior to this period we had limited, if any, opportunities to deploy our cash reserves because the market just snapped right back.

By Regarded Solutions:"Team Alpha" sold McDonald's (MCD) at nearly its all time high when we took profits (review the action here). It is time to add McDonald's back into our core portfolio as of today.

By Regarded Solutions:Our "Team Alpha" portfolio has had an awesome run thus far. Any of our readers who have followed this step by step portfolio, and strategy, would be well ahead of any of the market indexes and in very good shape for the balance of the year.That being said, I feel that Friday was a great day to take profits, rebalance and set some strategic goals for what I consider a market that has gotten ahead of itself.

By Regarded Solutions:It truly is hard to believe that one third of the year has flown by already. Now that we have 4 months "in the bank", so to speak, let's catch up to how our "Team Alpha" core portfolio is doing.

By Regarded Solutions:Here we are, sitting around waiting for the pullback or correction that never comes, the market has not even flat-lined, and we have now taken chips off the table (read this), implemented a "flat market strategy" (review that here), and have even taken some conservati

By Regarded Solutions:I just wrote an article in which I updated our "Team Alpha" portfolio. The portfolio was opened on November 23rd, 2011 and has had a significant run-up since then of 24%. It has beaten the S&P over the same period by roughly 10%, and has delivered the cash flow that we as retirees require.

By Regarded Solutions:We are in a "holding pattern" with our "Core Retirement Portfolio" since making a few key changes. We sold several positions, we took profits by selling a portion of other positions, and we replaced several positions with better ones.